Mr. Shi Zuosheng Tortured to the Brink of Death and His Wife Sentenced to Six Years in Prison

Falun Dafa practitioner Shi Zuosheng from a village near Shuangcheng City, Heilongjiang Province, is critically ill due to torture. His wife was sentenced to six years in prison and is now suffering from torture in the Harbin Women's Prison.

Mr. Shi began to practise Falun Gong in 1996. Because of the relentless harassment from local officials, he was forced to leave his home in 2001. On November 9, 2004, while clarifying the facts (1) about the persecution in Harbin City, he was arrested. He is currently imprisoned in the Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp. His wife Zhang Shufen was arrested on April 19, 2001 for practising Falun Gong. Later, she was sentenced to six years in prison. She is currently imprisoned at the Harbin Women's Prison. Their youngest son is now homeless.

Below is a letter that was sent out by Ms. Zhang Shufen from Harbin Women's Prison:

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My name is Zhang Shufen. I was unjustly sentenced to 6 years in prison in 2002 and I am imprisoned in the second team of the Harbin Women's Prison. Here I have experienced suffering and persecution. The prison police are extremely violent. They frequently hang us up by our wrists and place us in solitary confinement. What we eat is watered down rice gruel twice each day. Falun Dafa practitioners are often handcuffed to a ring on the prison grounds. They are not allowed to sleep and are not covered with a blanket in cold weather. They are verbally abused and beaten all day. We are watched around the clock and not allowed to practise our exercises. If someone does the exercises, the guards incite the criminals to beat and threaten them.

On March 10, 2003, I was hung by my wrists in a prison room from the top bunk of a bed. My toes just barely touched the ground. There were 14 other fellow practitioners suffering from this at the same time. Some fellow practitioners were hung until they lost consciousness and the handcuffs had cut into their flesh. On May 15, 2003, I was handcuffed with my hands behind my back for more than 20 hours. (2)

Recently, news surfaced that my husband, Shi Zuosheng, is now terribly thin because of the persecution. He cannot work and his life is in great danger. His family members strongly request that he be released. We especially send out this news to ask for help to rescue him as soon as possible.

Related telephone numbers (Note: for phone numbers, dial country code + area code before all numbers. For cell phone numbers, dial country code before the numbers. Country code: 86, area code: 451)

Bai Shenggang, the chief of Qingling Township local police station: 53240616 (Office) 53115387 (Home) 13845018916 (mobile)

All teams in Changlinzi Forced Labour Camp in Harbin:

The first group: The current chief Yang Jintang, instructor Yang Yu, and former chief Li Jinhua who currently is vice chief of the forced labour camp: 820370101

The second group: Chief You Shiqiang, and deputy team chief Li Changchun: 82037102

The fourth group: Chief Hao Wei, and instructor Zhang Bin: 82037104

The fifth group: Chief Zhao Shuang: 82037105

Harbin Women's Prison address: 387 Xuefu Road, Nangang District, Harbin City

Above are the facts on the persecution that I have suffered here. I hope fellow practitioners can post it on the Internet to expose the evildoers that are persecuting us.

Zhang Shufen

Note:

(1) Clarifying the Truth: Because of the nationwide persecution of Falun Gong in China, and the fact that the unrelenting hate -campaign carried out by China’s state-controlled media, Falun Gong publish and broadcast nothing but false and slanderous reports about Falun Gong and cover up the brutal persecution taking place in China, practitioners inside and outside of China have been actively engaged in what is referred to as "clarifying the truth" – explaining to the public the facts about Falun Gong and exposing the evil persecution. Truth clarification activities include face to face conversations with people, posting notices and posters, handing out flyers, and hanging banners explaining the truth about Falun Gong. Outside of China, where Falun Gong is freely practised, practitioners further expose the persecution in China through anti-torture re-enactments, art exhibits, Internet websites, books, magazines, newspapers, movies and letter writing. The goal of clarifying the truth is to help people understand what Falun Gong is and, to raise public awareness and support, in order to dispel the lies of the current communist regime in China and to raise public support to to bring about the end of the persecution. (Variations: "clarifying the truth", "truth clarifying", "truth-clarifying", "truth clarification", "truth-clarification", "clarifying the facts", "clarified the truth", and "clarified the facts")

(2) This involves one arm bent over the shoulder, the other bent under the small of the back. Both wrists are drawn to the middle of the back, causing extreme pain.

Chinese version available at http://minghui.ca/mh/articles/2005/2/27/96259.html